Importing historical trades from Virtual Brokers

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10 – From the ‘Looking to import trades from Virtual Brokers’ window, click the ‘Upload’ button.

11 – Select the date format that is used in the downloaded file; International: DD/MM/YYYY or USA MM/DD/YYYY.

12 – On the ‘Bulk Trade Importer - Column Selection’ page; the left side column titles in blue are your CSV file uploading titles. On the right is the Sharesight fields.

Sharesight will automatically suggest Sharesight fields. To change the selections, select from the dropdown menu to match the Sharesight field to your CSV column content. Make sure the compulsory fields are selected. If a field isn’t required select ‘skip this column’.

13 – Once all columns have been matched with the correct Sharesight field or ‘Skip this column’. Click ‘Start import now’.

Your holdings will be calculated by Sharesight’s performance calculation methodology which is a money-weighted return methodology, meaning the investment performance takes account of the size and timing of cash flows.

Sharesight will automatically create dividends and corporate actions for the holdings you have imported.

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